"We’ve given up looking for the ultimate smartphone, haven’t we? The Nokia N8 most certainly isn’t in contention there. And Symbian ^3 is not the best touchscreen experience you can get – although what’s fair is fair – it’s an improvement over S60 5th. And the Ovi store isn’t the best app market, but the guys behind it try really hard."
Nice try nokia but n8 still sucks! Never buy this phone

I just ordered the black one. Should be getting it soon. Getting rid of my Nexus One for it. It does 99% of what my N1 does plus the best camera with much better battery life and not everyone in the NY will have it makes it pretty cool, hehe! All I have to do is carry this phone and I'm set. I don't know why you people are bitching about Symbian^3, it's not as bad as you make it seem .. I'll probably be the only cool dude with it while everyone else will have their iP4 and Droids .. lol

I thin'k its just a matter of software update for the flaws of the 0S..i can see nokia is learning what people needs and try to improve itself..nokia is a pioneer in cellular techonology i know they are up to something big.this is just a start...

Thanks for the review, GSMArena. I've made a decision based on the reviews so far, and finally including this one, that I am not buying the N8.

Symbian has a long long way to go, and the inability to play HD videos more than 2GB is just one of the bigger stumblings that I thought they wouldn't have a problem with. (The interface issues obviously number 1 reason.) The weaker flash seems to hurt it as well so I might just stick to my N82 for camera purposes while I use an Android for everything else.

Unfortunately Nokia is showing no signs of accelerating their OS development or even moving into Meego anytime soon. Even if they come out with a Meego in a year, imagine what iOS and Android looks like then? Imagine their App stores as well. Sadly, time to move on for me.

Meego is Nokia's only saving grace for touchscreen devices. They should leave Symbian to non-touch. Sad to say, but only the camera was N8's selling point and not enough reason to lure me getting this phone. Next....

Anonymous, 13 Oct 2010n8 priced 429pounds which is higher than galaxy S. I think the galaxy s is more expensive than the n8 when you buy it unlocked. It would be silly for nokia to price it higher than the galaxy s when the galaxy s is obviously better overall.

Best review that I saw about Nokia N8 until today. Great job guys.
And you know if those things about text input, limitation at video playback, camera tweaks, image galery, email/message app, will have some change in future releases of firmware?
Thankz anyway.

eXuser, 13 Oct 2010the only bad part for me on Nokia N8 are the ffg:
1. old "crappy" UI
2. browser ... moreNokia - Best UI, Battery is much better than iPhone where is also irreplaceable battery and nobody complain about it! For WTF you need lens cover ? To get dust and dirt under it ... there is highquality scratch resistant glass and it work great like that!Only a dumbass can complain about nothing.